Song Spread

Singing Female Yellow-headed Blackbird At Bear River MBR

By Mia McPherson|March 26th, 2022|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: adult, blackbird, blackbirds, Box Elder County, female, marsh, morning, morning light, perched, phragmites, phrags, Song Spread, spring, wetlands, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

I had a wonderful and relaxing morning at Bear River MBR yesterday and took photos of a female Yellow-headed Blackbird singing on the marsh not long after sunrise.

Male Red-winged Blackbirds Are Displaying On Territory

By Mia McPherson|February 22nd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Red-winged Blackbirds, Utah|Tags: Agelaius phoeniceus, arrival, blackbird, blackbirds, chasing, displaying, full intensity, male, meduim intensity, perched, perched display, phragmites, phrags, Red-winged Blackbird, Song Spread, spring|

Two days ago there were plenty of male Red-winged Blackbirds singing and putting on displays in the marshy areas of Farmington Bay WMA.